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Style: Exotic, very stylish Oriental-Caribbean hillside retreat for lovers of art and design with a touch of nature. Great views.
The Beach: 10-15 minute walk to Causeway Beach, a long stretch of white sand leading to Pigeon Island National Park
The Rooms: 4 bedrooms with 4 bathrooms (3 en suite)
Key features: Dramatic sunsets, fabulous St Lucia villa, Excellent for weddings and entertaining, swimming pool, wet bar, cable TV
Children: Welcome.
Staff: Housekeeper/cook for main house, Francesca – 8am to 3.30pm Mon-Sat and three times weekly half day maid service at cottage. Weekly gardener, Cuthbert, and pool service. Mobile security service provided by MIB from 6pm to 6am |
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Description
Named after the Zandoli, the creole name for a small ground lizard found in St Lucia, this is a magnificent house, which presides over stunning views of Rodney Bay and Pigeon Island from a hillside setting. Zandoli has a strong essence of Indonesia combined with features from the Caribbean, including typical West Indian woodwork and original works of art by local artists and also from other Caribbean islands, including Trinidad. The house is very striking from the outside with terracotta colour walls and vaulted shingle roofs reminiscent of those found in Bali, but also with a hint of the colonial plantation house. The hillside has been well landscaped and is brimming with ginger lilies, banana trees, palms and frangipani.
Zandoli is made up of a main house and a one bedroom guest cottage located to its rear, called Ti Zan (Creole for Little Zandoli). The main house is three pavilions that are set at different levels and linked by way of internal bridges. A large, very solid handmade wooden door leads guests into the main living area with its marble tiled floors and exposed wood ceilings. The room divides into a formal dining area and a comfortable sitting area and has been stylishly furnished with unusual looking teak and natural woven fibre furniture. From here you step out through two huge double doors onto a deep and wide covered veranda. This has fabulous views down to Pigeon Island and Rodney Bay, and also has a dining and sitting area. A passage leads to the kitchen, which is fitted out in pickled pine with tiled worktops and is fully equipped. Like the rest of the property, it has fantastic views to Pigeon Island and beyond.
Downstairs there is another more casual living area that contains the cable TV and is furnished with chunky bamboo framed cushioned seating. The room opens by way of two large arched doorways to a delightful covered local stone terrace, which extends out to the swimming pool. The pool terrace has a wet bar and features a teardrop shaped swimming pool with dramatic views to the coast. The living area has a shower room which can be conveniently accessed from the outside.
There are four bedrooms at Zandoli, two master bedrooms located in pavilions either side of the main living areas and another bedroom at ground level. The master bedrooms have gorgeous chunky, bamboo frame four poster beds and open onto private wood decked verandas with steps down to the gardens and swimming pool area. Both masters have en suite bathrooms with a dressing area and separate tub, and feature beautiful hand crafted natural stone outdoor showers. The stone showers are open topped with just a wooden lattice frame, so that the sky is in view, with the special 12” shower heads providing a natural rain shower experience – even more so when the rain does actually fall. The third bedroom is located at ground level within the main section of the house, and features a teak queen bed, with doors opening out to the gardens. It has an en suite shower room. A fourth bedroom at garden level has a queen size bed, with sea views over to Pigeon Island from a large arched window. Across the passageway is a bathroom with shower. All bedrooms have ceiling fans.
Ti Zan is a one bedroom, self-contained guest cottage located along the drive from Zandoli and is currently on Long Term Rental. |
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Beach & Swimming
A path leads down from the villa to Causeway Beach, which has two stretches of white sand and leads to Pigeon Island National Park. It takes ten to fifteen minutes to walk down or five minutes by car. The northern area of the beach is popular with St Lucians on weekends and bank holidays, and has a picnic area. Reduit Beach (about 10 minutes by car), located on Rodney Bay, is the island’s most popular beach and it has a lovely mile-long stretch of powder soft sand. It is fairly active and offer a good variety of watersports, including waterskiing, parasailing, jetski, sunfish and hobie cat sailing. Zandoli has its own swimming pool, which is purely for the use of guests staying at Zandoli unless Ti Zan has been booked by the same party. It is pear shaped, surrounded by a natural stone sun terrace off the lower living room and measures approximately 27ft by 12ft at the widest point. |
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Sports & Recreation
The 18-hole, 6829 yard, par 71 course at the St Lucia Golf & Country Club at Cap Estate is within ten minutes drive and has a pro shop, driving range and restaurant. The nearest tennis courts open to the public (courts must be booked in advance) are at the Rex St Lucian in Rodney Bay and the St Lucia Racquet Club at Club St Lucia in Cap Estate (about five minutes off by car), which has seven floodlit Laykold cushioned tennis courts, a squash court and gym. There are also two squash courts at the St Lucia Yacht Club at Reduit in Rodney Bay. The Sportivo fitness centre at Rodney Heights is St Lucia’s largest gym and offers yoga, Tai Chi and Karate classes. There is a full service spa at LeSport Hotel which you can visit with a day pass. |
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Luxury Wedding St Lucia
With such spectacular scenery and Tropical Villas' well trained staff in the background, a St Lucia villa can make for excellent wedding venue. Jonson is a St Lucia private rental with a wonderful setting and Tropical Villas offer an excellent service for villa weddings. The company does a good basic St Lucia wedding package (US$750 plus the cost of your Marriage Licence), but of course you can build on this. Please see here for further details of Tropical Villas’ services for St Lucia weddings. Alternatively if you would prefer the specialist services of a local wedding co-ordinator Tropical Villas are happy to work with a company like Awesome Caribbean Weddings, which can provide imaginative suggestions and the logisitical support to make a perfect day. |
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Locality
Zandoli is located is located in the exclusive Cap Estate, within a fifteen minute walk or five minute drive of the Pigeon Island National Park, a forty four acre National Trust reserve which was joined to the mainland by a man-made causeway in 1972. The island features ruins of many 18th century British and French military buildings including Fort Rodney, and has an Interpretation Centre, a restaurant featuring local cuisine, a historical themed pub and restaurant, and lookout point at the top of the fort. The island is also the main venue of the annual St Lucia Jazz Festival, held each May, which attracts a host of international stars. A ferry runs between the island and Rodney Bay on an hourly schedule.
Two of the best restaurants in St Lucia are nearby, including the Great House and Tao at LeSport. At Rodney Bay, which is St Lucia’s busiest tourist area, there are hotels, some good restaurants and bars, a shopping mall, banks, mini marts and a nearby supermarket (on the main road) called Super J and a very lively nightlife. It has a busy marina and attracts over 200 boats for the annual ARC (trans-Atlantic Rally for Cruisers), which usually sees its first arrivals in early December. The nearby village of Gros Islet hosts the now famous Friday Night Jump Up, an all night street party. The Rodney Bay and Pigeon Island area is a ten minute journey by car. Castries the capital and George F L Charles Airport (formerly known as Vigie) which receives inter-island flights only, are about 25 minutes drive away. |
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Useful Hints
Ask your travel organiser or the management company (if booking direct) for initial food and drink supplies to be laid in for your arrival (a starter food pack costs approximately US $40 per person), so that the cook/housekeeper can then prepare a simple welcome meal should this be required. Thereafter, your housekeeper will be happy to assist you with your shopping should you wish to delegate this chore, however do expect to provide transportation and appropriate gratuity for this service. Rental rates for villas in St Lucia do not include ‘tips’, about which you will find advice in the guest information book at the villa.
Personal laundry is not included in the rental rates and charges are approximately as follows: machine wash small load EC$10, hand wash small load EC$25 and ironing small load EC$25.
The access road up to the villa is rough and therefore a jeep/4 wheel drive is the recommended type of vehicle hire. |
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Rates
| Zandoli | 01 May-14 Dec 2007 | 15 Dec-14 Apr 2007-08 | 15 Apr-14 Dec 2008 | | 1-4 guests | *365 | 550 | *375 | | 5-6 guests | *420 | 595 | *445 | | 7-8 guests | *530 | 730 | *530 | Prices are per night in US$ and include 8% Government Tax. All rates subject to change without notice. Rates do not include the Christmas/New Year period for which a 10% supplement applies and rates are for full occupancy only (no tiered rates), with a minimum stay of 14 nights. A 10% supplement also applies for stays over the annual Jazz Festival which takes place every May when a minimum rental of 5 nights also applies. * Prices for period 15 Apr-20 May: 1-4 persons US$400, 5-6 persons US$445 and 7-8 persons US$565 per night. A 10% reduction applies for bookings of 21 nights or longer. Minimum stays: a 3 night stay during 15 Apr to 14 Dec except during the annual Jazz Festival when the minimum stay is 5 nights, for stays 15 Dec to 14 Apr the minimum is 5 nights except Christmas/New Year when it is 14 nights. |
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How To Book
If you wish to book direct, reservations should be made through the local managing agents, Tropical Villas. You may contact Tropical Villas for further information or reservations by using the DIRECT ENQUIRIES facility or the web link at the top of this page. For reservations, you will need to send a deposit equal to 25% (non refundable) of the total rental fee to confirm a reservation and payment of the remaining 75% is required 45 days (non refundable) prior your arrival. If you are booking within 45 days of your arrival, full payment must be made to secure the booking. Please see here for a review of Tropical Villas and their services, written by James Henderson, together with links to the reviews of many more St Lucia villas managed by Tropical Villas and featured by DefinitiveCaribbean. |
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UK Tour Operators
If you wish to book through a tour operator or travel organiser that features this property, please follow the TOUR OPERATOR link below.
See List of UK Tour Operators
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Airport Meet & Greet
If you are booking direct ask the villa management company Tropical Villas to send a taxi to meet you at the airport. These are arranged with their taxi driver Desir (pronounced Daisy), who normally waits in the area just outside the customs hall at Hewanorra airport. He will hold a Tropical Villas sign and if you miss him go to the Tourist Board desk and they will page him for you. Your airport transfers are paid for locally and take approximately 1hr 30 minutes from Hewanorra and 20 minutes from George Charles. Alternatively, if you would prefer to be taken care of from the minute you arrive at the airport, with a range of services that can include helicopter transfers, a Concierge Service please click here for St Lucia Representative Services.
If you are booking through a travel organiser, it is likely that their representative will be at the airport to meet you. This service and your return airport transfers should be included in the cost of your holiday. Please check at the time of booking |
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Getting Around
A hired car is strongly recommended for all St Lucia villa rentals, unless you would prefer staff to call taxis for you as required. Do note that although the location is certainly not St Lucia off the beaten path, due to the rough access road, a 4 wheel drive jeep is recommended for Zandoli and Ti Zan. A vehicle will be useful if you want to dine out at night or do lots of sightseeing and particularly when it comes to shopping for groceries. Book car hire via your travel organiser or direct with Drive-A-Matic (Tropical Villas will book this for you) or Cool Breeze Car & Jeep Rentals for your St Lucia car rental and ask for your vehicle to be delivered to the property approximately 3 hours after your scheduled time of arrival on St Lucia or the following morning. Vehicles can be returned at the airport or be collected from the property at a pre-arranged time on your departure day. |
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